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on Thursday October 29 2015, @01:57PM
from the in-soviet-russia-mars-monkey's-you dept.
from the in-soviet-russia-mars-monkey's-you dept.
Russian scientists are currently training macaques to solve puzzles and use a joystick for a planned 2017 trip to Mars:
Each day a team, led by Inessa Kozlovskaya, trains the monkeys to control a joystick and hit a target highlighted by a cursor.
When they complete the task successfully they are rewarded with a sip of juice.
Once they have mastered this task the macaques will be trained to solve simple mathematical tasks and puzzles.
At the end of their training the creatures should be capable of completing a daily schedule of tasks on their own.
[...] Macaques typically have a lifespan of around 25 years, so it is hoped there is enough time to train them properly and for them to survive the six-month trip to Mars, added the team.
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(Score: 4, Touché) by Thexalon on Thursday October 29 2015, @02:16PM
Beat me to it: I was going to suggest Olympus Mons for the next round of presidential debates.
However, I was delayed by realizing that it wasn't cynical enough - we like to think that politicians are some strange creatures that are in no way representative of the population as a whole, but when you really ask around you find out that the politicians are in fact some of our best and brightest. Which is far more depressing!
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 29 2015, @05:57PM
but when you really ask around you find out that the politicians are in fact some of our best and brightest.
Typical self-aggrandizing lizard people! That's just what they want you to believe.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Thursday October 29 2015, @08:05PM
I say we send them on a mission to explore the surface of the sun.
(Score: 2) by VortexCortex on Thursday October 29 2015, @08:57PM
we like to think that politicians are some strange creatures that are in no way representative of the population as a whole,
There is a "crazy conspiracy theory" that some politicians are Reptilians shape shifting aliens in human form. [youtube.com] Hillary Clinton does not sweat. [buzzfeed.com] Neither do reptiles...